Local news - report of events that takes place within the immediate locality.
National news - news that takes place within the country.
Foreign news - news that takes place outside the country.
Dateline news - news preceded by the date and the place of origin or place where it was written or filled.
Chronology or Sequence
Advance or Anticipated
spot news
coverage news
follow-up news
Advance or Anticipated - news published before its occurrence, sometimes called dope or prognostication. the reporter foretells events expected to occur at a definite time in the future.
Spot news - news that is gathered and reporter on the spot. it deals with unscheduled information demanding immediate publication. the reporter himself is an eyewitness to the event that took place.
Coverage news - news written from a given beat. both spot news and coverage news are good examples of first hand-reporting.
Follow-up news - a sequel to a previous story. having a new lead of its own, it is a second, third or subsequent chapter of a serial.
Structure
straight news
news feature
Straight news - news that consists off facts given straight without embellishment. its main aim is to inform. it uses the summary lead and is written using the inverted pyramid structure.
News Feature - it is also based on facts, but it entertains more than it informs.
Single-feature story - the story deals with an isolated event
Several-feature story - several facts are included in the lead in their order of importance.
Treatment
fact story
action story
speech report
quote story
interview story
hard news
soft news
Fact story - this is a plain exposition setting forth a single situation or a series of closely related facts that inform. it is written in the inverted pyramid design.
Action story - a narrative of actions involving not mere simple facts but also of dramatic events, description of persons and events, perhaps testimony of witnesses as well as explanatory data, sports games, etc.
Speech report - a news story usually written from a public address, talks, and speeches.
Quote story - speeches, statements and letters, and to some extent, interviews when reported, are regarded as quote stories.
Interview story - a news report written from an interview
Hard news - events, such as killings, city council meetings and speeches by leading government officials, are timely and are reported almost automatically by the media.
Soft news - events, such as lunch to honor a retiring school custodian or a boy scouting jamboree are not usually considered immediately important or timely to a wide audience.
Content
routine story - celebrations, enrollment, graduation, etc.
police report - accident, fire, calamity, crime stories, etc.
science news
developmental news
sports stories
Minor forms
news brief
news bulletin
news-featurette
flash
News brief - a short item of news interest, written like a brief telegraphic message, given mainly the result with details
News bulletin - it is similar to the lead of a straight news story. its aim is just to give the gist of the news.
News-featurette - this is a short news feature usually used as filler.
Flash - a bulletin that conveys the first word of an event.
A feature is a longer piece of writing than a news story
will often cover an issue in greater depth than a news story would do
Feature journalism is creative journalism
Punch - a short, snappy sentence in a paragraph by itself. the second paragraph gives more detail.
Background - a descriptive lead that focuses on the circumstances surrounding the event, not on the participants.
Direct Quote - used when the speaker's words summarize and dramatize the event.
Question - to be avoided unless it directly raises the issue. if the reporter knows the answer, he should simply tell the reader.
Descriptive - concentrates on the five senses, showing readers what the event or person looked like.
Contrast - plays up opposites to sharpen the focus on the news.
Allusion - plays to the readers knowledge of literature, history, or mythology and delights in their resemblance to current events.
Parody - relates the situation to son, poem, quote, book, or movie by paralleling well-known words.
An editorial is the official stand of the paper on a relevant development or issue.